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October 23, 2013 By Nicolette Lennert

How to Improve Fine Motor and Cutting Skills

Hello, readers! In case many of you don’t know, both of my sons have IEPs.  My oldest has autism, and my youngest son has some fine motor and receptive language delays.  We had a breakthrough with some fine motor ideas for my youngest son, and of course, I had to share with you all! Stop […]

Filed Under: Blog, occupational therapy, preschool, special education

October 3, 2013 By Nicolette Lennert

Free Printable Candy Corn Counting Center 0-15

Hello, everyone! I’m excited to share a Halloween freebie with you all today! Both of my sons are working on one-to-one correspondence skills for math, so I created this fun math center geared for preschool, kindergarten, and of course, special ed. There are 16 printable jars in total from 0-15, and a sheet of printable […]

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April 10, 2013 By Nicolette Lennert

Number Match File Folder Game

File folder games are excellent for practicing early literacy and math skills, and they are used daily in most special education preschools.  I created a free ice cream number match file folder game to build those much needed one-to-one correspondence skills in math. Thanks to my cute graphics .com for such incredible clipart! Stop by […]

Filed Under: autism, Blog, free printables, math, preschool, special education

January 24, 2013 By Nicolette Lennert

FREEBIE: Printable Fine Motor Traffic Tracing Sheet

My five year old has autism, and one of his major areas of struggle is fine motor.  Currently, he is working on drawing vertical lines with his ABA team, and I dreamed up this printable to help him.  Plus, this sheet reinforces important life skills by using traffic lights and stop signs! This freebie fine […]

Filed Under: autism, Blog, fine motor skills, free printables, kindergarten, occupational therapy, preschool, special education

December 29, 2012 By Nicolette Lennert

Free Cupcake Shapes Match File Folder Game

shape sorting file folder game preschool

Need a simple and effective way to teach shapes?  Enter file folder games. You could also forgo the file folder and simply make a memory & match game for slightly older kids.  These printables could also make a fun shape matching math center. My son’s autism preK is huge on file folder games, and I […]

Filed Under: Blog, file folder game, free printables, kindergarten, math, preschool, special education

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